GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



the U.S.S. Henderson, destroyer escort of the 

 western task group of USN Op. Hjp. Task Force 

 68, 1946-47. 



BAILEY RIDGE: serrate ridge about 4 mi. long, 

 on the N. side of the lower part of Boyd Gl., in the 

 Edsel Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 77°12'S., 144°55'W. Disc, on aerial flights of the 

 ByrdAE in 1934, and named by the USAS, 1939-41, 

 for Clay W. Bailey, a member of both expeditions. 



BAILLIEU PEAK: peak about 5,200 ft. in el., 

 which lies about 27 mi. S. of Cape Bruce on Mac- 

 Robertson Coast; in about 67°51'S., 60°50'E. Disc, 

 and named by the BANZARE under Mawson on 

 about Feb. 17, 1931. 



Bailys Island: see Ohlin Island. 



BAKER THREE GLACIER: major glacier, about 

 12 to 15 mi. wide and of undetermined length, 

 which flows NNE. from the mountain area behind 

 the E. end of Lars Christensen Coast to the vicinity 

 of Gillock I., in about 70°45'S., 70°30'E.; from this 

 position the glacier then flows NE. between the SE. 

 side of Amery Ice Shelf and the W. end of Ingrid 

 Christensen Coast and terminates at the head of 

 Sandefjord Ice Bay; in about 69°40'S., 73°00'E. 

 Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from aerial 

 photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in March 1947. 

 The term "Baker Three" is the code designation of 

 the Navy photographic aircraft which made three 

 flights in this area, resulting in the discovery that 

 Ingrid Christensen Coast extends some 50 mi. SW. 

 from Sandefjord Ice Bay. 



BALAENA ISLETS: small group of rocky islets 

 lying close off Budd Coast about 4 to 6 mi. NE. of 

 Cape Folger; in about 66°00'S., 110°48'E. De- 

 lineated from aerial photographs taken by USN 

 Op. Hjp. in February 1947 and named by the 

 US-ACAN for the Wh./F. Balaena, British factory 

 ship from which sketches of the coastal ranges 

 along Knox and Budd Coasts were obtained as the 

 result of reconnaissance flights and shipboard ob- 

 servations made in February-March 1947. 



BALCH, MOUNT: east-west trending mountain 

 with numerous sharp peaks, the highest about 3,500 

 ft. in el., between Mt. Peary and Mt. Mill on the W. 

 coast- of Palmer Pen.; in about 65°16'S., 63°58'W. 

 Disc, by the FrAE, 19Q8-19, under Charcot, and 

 named by him fot- Kdwin Swift Balch, American 

 author and authority on Antarctic exploration. 

 Not adopted: Mount Swift Balch. 



BALCHEN GLACIER: crevassed glacier flowing 

 W. between the Fosdick and Phillips Mtns. to Paul 

 Block Bay, in Marie Byrd Land; in about 76°20'S., 

 145°15'W. Disc, on Dec. 5, 1929 by the ByrdAE, 



and named by Byrd for Bernt Balchen, veteran 

 Arctic pilot and chief pilot of the expedition. Not 

 adopted: Bernt Balchen Glacier. 



BALDER POINT: point marking the eastern tip 

 of a narrow, rocky "cockscomb" ridge, which ex- 

 tends from Frigga Pk. about 6 mi. in an ESE. direc- 

 tion to the W. side of Cabinet Inlet, on the E. coast 

 of Palmer Pen.; in 66°27'S., 63°45'W. Charted in 

 1947 by the FIDS, who named it after the Norse god 

 Balder, the mythological son of Frigga and Odin. 



BALD HEAD: bare, ice-free headland, about 500 

 ft. in el., about 8 mi. SW. of View Pt. on the SE. side 

 of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°38'S., 57°36'W. Prob- 

 ably first seen in 1902-3 by J. Gunnar Andersson's 

 party of the SwedAE under Nordenskjold. The 

 FIDS charted it and applied the descriptive name 

 in 1945. 



BALDRED ROCK: a rock in Fitchie Bay, Laurie 

 I., South Orkney Is.; in 60°44'S., 44°26'W. It lies 

 close off the S. side of Ferrier Pen., 0.75 mi. ESE. of 

 Graptolite I. This rock was mapped by the 

 ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-4, and was later named 

 Bass Rock owing to its likeness to the Bass Rock 

 in Scotland. The name Bass Rock has appeared 

 on charts as an alternative name for an islet in 

 the Firth of Tay in the Joinville Is. group. To 

 avoid confusion of these names, in 1954 the Br-APC 

 recommended an entirely new name for the rock 

 at Fitchie Bay. Baldred Rock is named after Saint 

 Baldred (died 606) , the first hermit known to have 

 lived on the Scottish Base Rock. Not adopted: 

 Bass Rock. 



BALDWIN POINT: prominent ice-covered point 

 forming the E. side of the entrance to Henry Bay, 

 Sabrina Coast; in about 66°40'S., 121°05'E. De- 

 lineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. 

 Hjp.', 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for A. S. 

 Baldwin, acting master of the brig Porpoise, which 

 assisted the USEE squadron under Wilkes in chart- 

 ing a series of coastal landfalls in Wilkes Land 

 during January-February 1840. 



BALDWIN ROCKS: group of rock outcrops lying 

 about 6 mi. NW. of Watson Bluff on the N. side of 

 David I., off Queen Mary Coast; in about 66°25'S., 

 98°38'E. Charted in November by the Western 

 Base party of the AAE under Mawson, and named 

 by him for Joseph M. Baldwin, astronomer with the 

 Melbourne Observatory. 



Baleiniers, Anse des: see Whalers Bay. 



BALFOUR, MOUNT: bastion-like rocky moun- 

 tain, above 2,500 ft. in el., which lies at the S. side 

 of the mouth of Fleming GL, close to its junction 

 with Wordie Ice Shelf, on the W. side of Palmer 



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